Grants for Refugee Academics
Council for Assisting Refugee Academics
Grants aim to enable refugee academics achieve employment in the UK at a level commensurate with their skills and experience in the long term. Grants can support refugee academics to re-qualify in a range of professions in the UK such as teaching, academia, engineering, law, the charity sector and medicine.
CARA holds 2 grant rounds a year, with deadlines for applications every June and December. Decisions on applications are made two months after the deadlines.
To be eligible for a CARA grant you must
- Have UK refugee status
- Have worked as a paid Lecturer or Researcher in a University or higher education institution in your home country
We can fund qualifications or structured work placements that are clearly linked to employment. Types of funding include tuition fees, travel, registration fees, exam fees, bench fees, books, research costs, IT equipment and childcare.
Funding information
- Funding applies to:
- Other: see Funding notes
- Funding notes:
Must have UK refugee status
Contacts and how to apply
- Administrative contact and how to apply:
If you think you may be eligible for support please contact CARA to request an enquiry form in the first instance to help us determine whether you are eligible.
Please note the enquiry form is not a grant application form and we will only invite you to complete a full application form if you are eligible and have an offer of a place on a suitable course/placement.
You can contact us for an enquiry form by telephone: 0207 021 0880; email: info.cara@lsbu.ac.uk or by post: CARA, London South Bank University Technopark, 90 London Road, London SE1 6LN.
